Insulating-coupling.



NO. $97,700. PATBNTED'SEPT. 1, 1908 H. ASHBAUGH.

INSULATING COUPLING.

,PPLICATION FILED MAR-7.1908

. To all whom it may concern:

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Be it-known that I, HOMER Asnnwsn,

citizen o'f the United States, residing st in disnspolisyiiifthe county of Marion and State of Indians, have invented new and useful lm rovements in Insuleting-0ouplings, of wiich thefollowing is a. specifics-- tion. Vly invention erteins to insulating couplings; end-it has or its chief object to provide an insulating coupling, having permanently connected members one of which is arranged eccentricelly relative to the other,--this eing materially advantageous since it affords a means of adjustment calculated to enable it workmen to place a plurality of hanging fixtures in a large hell in exact elinemcnt, to properly center a heniing fixture that is slig tly oif the center 0 an apartment, and to overcome the difiiculty and make a fin ished job where there are a. number of brackets in a room orhsil-end said brackets ere slightly out of horizontal elinement. v

' With the fore oing in mind, the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the some are read in connection with the drawings, so-

-companyinghend forming part of this specific cation, in w ich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the coupling constituting the best rscticel embodiment of my invention of w 'ch I am aware; the said coupling being shown in a horizontal po sition. Fig. 2 is a dismetricsl section of the cou ling. Similar letters designate corresponding parts in both viewsof the drawings, reieriing to which: v

A is one of the members of my novel coupling, which is referably, though not neces sari! y, made of rsss, and is provided with an interior thread a ends circumferential, end flange 3'), and Bis the other coupling member. This latter is preferably made of iron and is provided with on interior thread 0 and also with an. eccentric flange C sufficiently large to surround the-flanged end I) of the coupling member A.

"lhc flange C of the coupling member B is of clmnncl form in. cross-section, Fig. 2, and hence it is ode ited to receive and hold the i utorior body oi insulating material D, which is preferably of mice and has for its oiiiceto mcclumicelly connect the two members sud at the some time insulate the one from the other. For an ,0 en coupling the body of insuleting metcria I) is provided with e port Specificeti'onbi Letters latent. Application filed Hersh 'I, 1988; aerial No. 419,667.

Patented. Sept. 1', root or opening effecting connection between V the two members A and B, but for a closed or blind coupling the said body of insulating material will of course, be imperlorete. This latter feature, howeverfl have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate.

F is an outer body or jacket of insulating materiel, preferably mics-nits. This outer body or jacket is preferably employed be cause it covers the joint between the mem-- born A end B and assists the inner insuleting body l) in connecting the same, and also be cause it eli'ectuelly prevents the space be tween the outer sides of the two members A and B becoming electrically bridged.

It will/be gathered from the foregoing that in my novel coupling the members are ermenently connected together and are e cotricelly isolated from each other, and by virtue of one of the members being arranged eccentricelly, relative to the other,' one menu ber may be adjusted with res ect to the longitudinal center of the other 'or the purpose of overcoming difficulties in positioning fixtures, and this without disturbing the permsnent connection of the members and without ufi'ecting the electrical isolation of the same.

As hereinbefore stated the coupling herein shown and described constitutes the best 'orscticsl embodiment of my invention nown to me, but it is obvious that in the future practice of the invention such changes in thrfform, construction and relative orrengenicut of parts may be made as fairly fell within the scope of my invention as do fined in the claims appended:

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Petent,

- Au insulating coupling comprising mem bers permanently connected together and electrically isolated, one of which is arranged eccentricslly relative to the other and is also arranged to be adjusted longitudinal center of such other without dis turbing the permanent connection of the members or the electrical isolation of the same.

In y hand: in presence of two subscribing witncsscs.

I HQM'ER J ftllllAllGil.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setwith respect to the 

